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iPhone 14 is eSIM-only in the US: Here’s what you need to know

September 11, 2022
In the United States, the new iPhone 14 lineup won’t ship with a physical SIM card slot. Instead, Apple is pivoting entirely to eSIM technology. While some iPhone users may have already made the transition to eSIM, most have not. Ahead of the first iPhone 14 orders arriving on September 16, here are some details on eSIM support from Apple. What does eSIM mean for iPhone 14? The iPhone lineup has…
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These are all the iOS 16 features that won’t be available at launch

September 10, 2022
iOS 16 will launch this Monday. Previewed during the WWDC 2022 keynote, it’s been three months since Apple started beta testing the new operating system for iPhones. Unfortunately, some of its key features won’t be available at launch. Last year, the same happened with several functions, whether they were delayed during the beta cycles or Apple just decided they weren’t ready just yet. With…
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What apps support the new Android 13 media player [Updated]

September 10, 2022
Android 13’s most obvious UI change is a redesign of the lockscreen and notification shade media player. However, not all music, podcasts, and audio apps have been updated to support them yet, and here’s our running list of what controls have been modernized. Original…
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Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1 hands-on: Top new features [Video]

September 10, 2022
Google surprised everyone by dropping the Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1 earlier than expected, so here’s all of the top features you need to know. Here’s everything new in Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1 [Gallery] It’s worth noting that Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1 is not exactly full of new features, but offers refinements and tuning. After all, the stable Android 13 update only arrived just a few weeks ago…
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Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are sold out at the Google Fi store [U]

September 10, 2022
Rather surprisingly, the Pixel 6 is no longer available for purchase from the Google Fi store, while the MVNO variant is not consistently in stock at the US Google Store. Update 9/9: As of yesterday, the Pixel 6 Pro is no longer available for purchase from fi.google.com.
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Google’s new, cheaper Chromecast unsurprisingly looks exactly like the existing 4K model [Gallery]

September 10, 2022
In case you hadn’t heard, Google is working on a new, cheaper version of its Chromecast with Google TV streaming device, and it’s due for release pretty soon. Now, we’re getting a closer look at the hardware, which appears mostly unchanged. The folks over at TecnoBlog obtained a gallery of images of Google’s upcoming, cheaper Chromecast with Google TV. In these pictures, we can see a…
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